Wizz Air Ukraine ( Ukr. Partnership with Avoided Business Aviation Air Ukraine ) is a former Ukrainian division of the Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air . Based at the Kiev Zhuliany airport , it carried out low-cost air transportation both within Ukraine and to other European countries from Ukrainian cities.
| Wizz Air Ukraine | ||||
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| Established | 2008 | |||
| Termination of activity | 2015 | |||
| Base airports | Kiev International Airport | |||
| Hubs | ||||
| Fleet size | 2 | |||
| Destinations | 15 | |||
| Parent company | Wizz air | |||
| Headquarters |  Kiev , Ukraine | |||
| Guide | Natalya Kazmer (CEO) [1] | |||
| Site | wizzair.com | |||
In March 2015, Wizz Air announced the termination of Wizz Air Ukraine from April 20, 2015 [2] .
November 21, Wizz Air announced the resumption of its subsidiary.
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History
In March 2008, the Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air announced its intention to create its own subsidiary airline in Ukraine in order to expand its route program and operate flights from Ukraine, which the company had not previously received official permission from the Ukrainian authorities. Meanwhile, the recruitment of pilots and the rest of the staff in the new airline was actively going [3] .
In July of the same year, the airline received an operator’s certificate , and the first Airbus A320 entered the company's fleet [4] . On July 11, Wizz Air Ukraine made its first flight from Kiev Boryspil Airport to Simferopol [1] .
In 2011, the airline relocated from Boryspil airport to another Kiev airport - Zhulyany [5] .
Routing Network
From its base airport in Kiev , as well as other Ukrainian cities such as Lviv , Wizz Air Ukraine operated flights to the following cities:
| City | A country | Airport | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valencia | Spain | Valencia Airport | Seasonal Summer |
| Venice | Italy | Treviso Airport | |
| Dortmund | Germany | Dortmund Airport | |
| Girona | Spain | Girona Airport - Costa Brava | |
| Katowice | Poland | Katowice International Airport | |
| Cologne / Bonn | Germany | Cologne Bonn Airport | |
| Kiev | Ukraine | Kiev International Airport | Main hub |
| Kutaisi | Georgia | Kutaisi International Airport | |
| Larnaca | Cyprus | Larnaca International Airport | |
| Lviv | Ukraine | Lviv International Airport named after Daniil Galitsky | |
| Lubeck | Germany | Lubeck Airport | |
| Memmingen | Germany | Memmingen Airport | |
| Milan / Bergamo | Italy | Orio al Serio International Airport | |
| Moscow | Russia | Vnukovo International Airport | |
| Naples | Italy | Naples International Airport |
Air Fleet
As of May 2014, the airline fleet consisted of two aircraft in a single-class economy class layout [6] :
| Type of aircraft | amount | Ordered | Number of places | Notes | ||||
| Y | Total | |||||||
| Airbus A320-200 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 180 | Two sides equipped with winglets transferred to Wizz Air Hungary | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | ||||||
See also
- Wizz air
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 “Low-cost” airline “Wizz Air Ukraine” made its first scheduled flight
- ↑ Important information for passengers of Wizz Air Ukraine . Wizz Air Date of treatment March 26, 2015.
- ↑ Hungarian Wizz Air intends to establish a subsidiary in Ukraine
- ↑ Wizz Air Ukraine received its first aircraft
- ↑ Wizz Air changes its home airport in Kiev Archived on May 31, 2014.
- ↑ Wizz Air Ukraine fleet list at planespotters.net .